When those times usually come – which is consigning Cristiano to history, but the Portuguese legend always forces his critics to become silent. After putting into the net a supreme strike from the edge of the box, Ronaldo helped Real Madrid to defeat Borussia Dortmund 3-2 at the Santiago Bernabeu as well as to become the 1st player in history of the Champions League to score in all of his club’s group games (6) in a season. Hence, Real move on to the UCL Knockout Stage after finishing 2nd in Group H, the defending European champions finished behind Tottenham that have remained unbeaten in the competition till now.

The Portuguese forward was integral to the majority of his team’s offensive transitions as well as threatened Dortmund himself. CR7 was also involved in the 1st goal after he cut in from the left flank, drifted inside and provided an accurate pass into the box to Isco , whose touch during his turn allowed the ball to fall to Mayoral that confidently converted the chance given, who actually scored his 1st European goal. By all means, Cristiano displayed the MVP performance, thus attesting his dominance once more!
​In general, the 32-year old scored his 9th goal in the UEFA Champions League during the 2017/18 season, hereby totally having 114 goals in the tournament and 17 more than his eternal rival from Barcelona – Leo Messi. Therefore, Ronaldo can now happily arrive in Paris in order to possibly receive his 5th Balon d’Or while Madrid now go into next week’s draw as the squad that no one of the CL Group winners would like to battle against in the last 16.